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After more than 800 years, the cathedral's heritage is "invaluable," said UNESCO's director-general.

A fire broke out at the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound's Marwani Prayer Room in Jerusalem just as flames ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

The massive fire engulfing Paris' famed Notre Dame Cathedral has shocked France and elicited reactions from across the globe.

A city hall spokesperson said the area surrounding the cathedral was being cleared.

At least half of pregnancy terminations involve drugs rather than surgery, research has found.

Researchers studied the remains of Neanderthals found in a cave in southeastern France.

"We, as Europeans, want to play an active part" in China's Belt and Road Initiative, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Altars were vandalized, statues were defaced and human excrement was smeared onto a cross, sparking fears of a rise in anti-Catholic sentiment in the country.

Alain de la Morandais said of church abuse: "We always have the impression that it is a rape, that there is violence. But I do not always think so."

A new interactive exhibit in Paris allows you to walk through 2,000 of Van Gogh's paintings.

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Seven children were found to have been born with upper limb reduction between 2009 and 2014, all within 11 miles of the town of Druillat in eastern France.

"Whoever did this is not worthy of the French Republic and will be punished," French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Anti-Semitic attacks rose by 74 percent in France and 60 percent in Germany in 2018.

The amendment has been heralded by France's majority La République en Marche Party (LREM) but criticized by the French right.

France conducted a rare test of its medium-range air-to-surface missile, the U.S. fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile and Russia launched a RS-24 Yars ICBM.

"One imagines that's how these characters are perceived, they create fear all around the world, and that's sort of the point of carnival, and to bring that out through colors and costume," float creator Cedric Pignataro said.

"I find it shocking that, in such a short time, he has managed to rip apart a relationship that has taken decades to build," said former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel.

The 23-year-old faces five years in prison over the hoax bomb threat.

At the same time, the French government assured its population it would never cede the once-disputed Alsace-Lorraine territory to Germany, nor would locals be forced to speak German.

In an inflammatory rally, populist Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio of Italy blamed France for the migration of Africans to Europe and demanded that the European Union impose sanctions on the country.

Police acted after a woman alleged she was raped by the singer in his hotel last week.

"I saw on social networks a few fools who appear next to burnt speed cameras. I do not wish for them to one day face the reality of a death on the road," said Christophe Castaner, France's interior minister.

Christophe Dettinger, 37, was named French light-heavyweight champion in 2007 and 2008.

A German left-wing politician said her "Get Up" movement has been inspired by France's anti-government demonstrations and "will be visible on the street and in the public eye in 2019."

"Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs and other public areas," according to the State Department alert.

"To be allies is to fight shoulder to shoulder. It's the most important thing for a head of state and head of the military," Macron said.

Although France, along with other allies and even many within the Trump administration, are still trying to determine what the president's exit strategy will be, Paris has stated that it plans to leave its forces in Syria for the time being.

"Faced with this irresponsibility [of the government], we are forced to be irresponsible in our actions," one union leader said.

The "GAFA tax" takes its initials from each of the major big tech companies that will be hit with the new tax—Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.